In message <BANLkTi=0cpwhn29o+ul820lk-qsnnmt...@mail.gmail.com>, Andy
Taylor <andy...@gmail.com> scribes
Anyone had experience with network bonding in Linux? I'm trying to
setup IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic link aggregation bonding but im having
issues. The network switch (Dell PowerConnect - very similar to Cisco
ios) is configured for link aggregation for the 2 ports.
OS is Oracle Linux Server 6.0 (x64)
eth0 is the 'admin' port
eth1 and eth2 and the 2 bonded ports
bond0 is the bonded network.
Main problem is the load isn't spreading across eth1 and eth2. I'm
also having gateway issues. Sometimes, eth0 gets the same address as
bond0!!!!
This server is dual boot with Windows. Bonding works fine in Windows
so LAN switch is configured correctly.
Any tips?
We didn't do any config changes to Cisco switches when Dell servers were
connected but that was with teamed ports and windows server OS. Not
being a server man I don't know if 'teaming' and 'bonding' are the same
or not. As I seem to remember we did the same with the Sun boxes.
I used to use 802.3ad 'twixt switches to beef up the backbone and
provide redundancy, this was with Cisco to Cisco and also Cisco to
Avaya. My guess is that we just gave a layer 2 connection for the
servers and let the server OS sort out teaming at layer 3. It seemed to
work and there were no complaints from the server team. Well, that's not
exactly true as they were always complaining and saying "there's a
network problem" which we proved not to be the case. But, in this case,
the teaming worked.
I will admit the memory is getting a little hazy on this as I retired 18
months ago (after 40 years, two months and a week in IT but who's
counting?).
--
Snowy
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